This reminds me, have people seen the satellite images on google's map sight? It's fucking cool as hell, though a bit "big brother" scary.

Go to http://maps.google.com/maps?q=columbus,+oh&hl=en and then click "satellite" in the upper right hand corner. It's a fucking photograph that zooms in close enough to see my backyard in German Village. What's even cooler is clicking "hybrid" to see the street map and photo merge. Seriously cool.

Now all they have to do is link it up to a big lazer and...

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This reminds me, have people seen the satellite images on google's map sight? It's fucking cool as hell, though a bit "big brother" scary.

Go to http://maps.google.com/maps?q=columbus,+oh&hl=en and then click "satellite" in the upper right hand corner. It's a fucking photograph that zooms in close enough to see my backyard in German Village. What's even cooler is clicking "hybrid" to see the street map and photo merge. Seriously cool.

Now all they have to do is link it up to a big lazer and...

yeah. i use that site every day.

when you get bored you can look up the great pyramids, eiffel tower, etc etc etc.

This reminds me, have people seen the satellite images on google's map sight? It's fucking cool as hell, though a bit "big brother" scary.

Go to http://maps.google.com/maps?q=columbus,+oh&hl=en and then click "satellite" in the upper right hand corner. It's a fucking photograph that zooms in close enough to see my backyard in German Village. What's even cooler is clicking "hybrid" to see the street map and photo merge. Seriously cool.

Now all they have to do is link it up to a big lazer and...

yeah. i use that site every day.

when you get bored you can look up the great pyramids, eiffel tower, etc etc etc.

I've seen that hat on James Wagner in the dailies of a local short produced by Bill of Bygones and his brother Adam. I believe the tentative title is "Some-ting Wong in Hong Kong".
To (almost) get back on thread, my redheaded stepchild's maternal grandPOP kept her amused w/that Google Earth for a good portion of last Thursday's meal prep time, largely in search of Bankor Wat close-ups. Cool site, indeed.

Whoa, okay this is cool, and scary, they really are taking over the world.

Hey Spliney, clean up the backyard. Don't think that we can't use Google Earth to see the garbage piling up behind the house. Oh yeah, how WAS that episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" that you were watching when the satellite took a picture of your house?

_________________if I had the time or desire I would post a pic of Blair from Facts of Life and 1990 era Chip to produce the same effect